Above all else, Delhi’s National Handicrafts and handlooms Museum eatablishes the timeless tradition of Indian crafts. The stress here is not on antiquity but on continuity. Thus, there are metal-casting methods and pottery techniques that bear striking affinity – indeed, that may be distinctly traced – to those of Harappan times. And throughout the country, weaves still sit at the simple looms that their forefathers used for centuries, producing textiles of the same surpassing beauty.